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Kathleen Peddicord has covered the live and invest overseas beat for more than 25 years and is considered the world's foremost authority on overseas retirement. She has traveled to more than 50 countries, invested in real estate in 17, established businesses in 7, renovated historic properties in 6, and educated her children in 4.
Kathleen has moved children, staff, enterprises, household goods, and pets across three continents, from the East Coast of the United States to Waterford, Ireland...then to Paris, France...and to Panama City, Panama where she and her husband Lief Simon, base their Live and Invest Overseas business.
Please help... We are flying to Mexico as temporary residents end of October, we will have 10 suitcases (3 hard side & 7 big nylon duffle bags) filled with clothes, shoes, toiletries, a few small decor items, handbags, 1 laptop, and personal documents). Every thing is 6 months or older with exception of some cosmetics. I can't get a consistent answer on the internet if this is acceptable with customs?? Will we be allowed 10 bags considering we are staying 2 years? Will they confiscate our belongings if they are over the $500 total value per person (which I've read is the limit) or if any items are new? OR just tax us on what they believe the value to be? I've read temp residents can bring enough personal goods in luggage of what's equivalent to how long they are staying...2 years is a long time. I hope someone can shed some light. Thank you🌺
What a great story, from wanting to teach the kids German to ending up moving to Spain! Curious how he moved his whole family? Does the DNV work for a W2 employee?
Jeez, sounds amazing over there! Cant say that the bureuacracy is much different than some places in the first world, including some states. But Ill take theirs anyday over ours for many reasons. Great episode.
I have a friend who lives in France. She says that it's not very wheelchair friendly. I heard that Japan is wheelchair friendly, and I think Argentina is fairly wheelchair friendly.
Is the fact that the Turkish lira is having extraordinary inflation going to be a problem with doing business in Northern Cyprus? Tourists get a good deal, but how does it affect property owners?
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Retired to El Espino several years ago from the States. It takes anywhere from 30m-45m if not longer for us to get to Coronado. The myth of one hour to “the city” is just that. The traffic here is a challenge…especially now with all the road construction. There are no good days or good times. Leave home at your own risk. That being said….we love it here. We could not live as comfortable in the States as we do here. Your beach pictures in Coronado was not the Coronado I’ve seen.
180 days are no longer automatic, and you cannot just go out and get a renewal, that shit is over. Especially now with our new president, all laws and the entire judicial system has been reformed and immigration laws have tightened, precisely because we do not want an invasion of foreigners. GTFO. MEXICO FOR MEXICANS!
We recently got our permanent residency visa stamp at the Mexican Consulate in Denver, Colorado. We have plans to visit San Miguel de Allende, Mexico from October 27-November 6, 2024, but that period includes the Dia de Muertos holidays. Is it unlikely that we can get an appointment with immigration there during that time period to finalize our visa and get our permanent residency card? We can come earlier if need be, but we cannot stay later because of an important wedding in the US. Also, last week the consulate told us that once we have our permanent residency, we must live in Mexico for SIX MONTHS (no need for them to be consecutive) every year, especially during the first two years, or the government can revoke our permanent residency! Is that true? Finally, we’ve been told by friends that we have to stay in Mexico for at least three weeks the first time we enter Mexico to finalize our visa after getting the permanent visa stamp in the US. Is that correct? So much information and misinformation has us quite confused. We have an attorney in SMA who has not responded to these questions yet and who was unable to secure our appointments in the US (we secured them ourselves) and has thus far failed to secure appointments for us in SMA during our upcoming 11 day trip, two days of which will be travel days.Should we try to hire someone else, extend our trip, or do something else? Our Spanish is not great yet, but does someone in the SMA immigration office speak English? We have a longer trip to SMA scheduled from January-March, too. Thanks so much for your help!!!
The photos are definitely misleading! We just moved here And coronado has terrible roads. Not many nice houses, and the rent is incredibly high. There's a warning about Bocas, it's not safe. Illegals and crime. Do your own research before coming . We live in Rio Hato
